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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a yardstick efficiency comparison of 269 Indonesian municipal water utilities (MWUs) and measures the impact of exogenous environmental variables on efficiency scores. Design/methodology/approach – Two-stage Stackelberg leader-follower data...
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Purpose – Indian Railways being sole government organization for infrastructure, operations and regulatory functions entered for competition in the container segment in January 2006 through private-public participation for customer-centric competitiveness to break monopolistic control of...
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop an innovative method of performance appraisal that will be useful for designing a structured training programme. Design/methodology/approach – Employees' performance appraisals are conducted using new approaches, namely data envelopment...
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philanthropy in China. This model incorporates many of the key aspects of productivity science, including values‐based strategy …Purpose – Private philanthropy in China is an emerging element of civil society. This paper seeks to examine the role … of productivity improvement in a private charity in the context of the relative roles of charities and private business …
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Purpose This paper aims to investigate green buildings and individual productivity, specifically within the context of … self-assessed productivity levels were influenced by the indoor environment of the office building. Design …, contribute depending on the respondent to individual productivity, engagement, organisational commitment and psychological …
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. The paper concludes that such efforts will definitely help XYZ to optimize its productivity and to meet competitor …
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parameters ensuring high productivity in addition to good grinding performance and grinding tool economy. The system was …
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Concentrates on identifying the mechanisms by which foreign investment affects productivity in recipient countries … productivity between domestic and foreign (majority and minority) owned plants. In addition checks for the existence of spillovers … of spillovers but does find a strong direct effect in the form of higher levels of productivity in firms with foreign …
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concern for public sector productivity. Gives examples of performance measures attempted on the state and local levels. Also …
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Dealing with ex‐Soviet republics, American companies desperately need reliable information about the current status of production and operations management in the former Soviet Union. Describes some aspects of managing operations in Russia and other ex‐Soviet republics. The emphasis is made...
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